Dr. Orna Izakson
@orna.bsky.social
Climate, polycrisis, mental health, functional medicine, 🌱🌲🌻🌼. Pro-science licensed naturopathic dr (OR/AK), herbalist, ex environmental journalist. Love 🥾and 📷 wild places. 💔 about 🌎. 1st-gen US, 🇮🇱 fam. Born 320ppm. #Angret. She/her/doctor.
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For the past year I’ve been gathering resources on the climate crisis and its effects on health, mental health, food and herbal medicines. Find those resources here: ndclimate.org
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BREAKING: At one point, the Pentagon considered sending boat strike survivors to CECOT torture prison in El Salvador to avoid discovery in US courts. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
BREAKING: At one point, the Pentagon considered sending boat strike survivors to CECOT torture prison in El Salvador to avoid discovery in US courts. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
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During the year’s busiest season of charitable giving, donors may wonder whether the nonprofits they are considering donating to are going to be good stewards of their money.
Last year, we added tools to Nonprofit Explorer to help you look into that:
Last year, we added tools to Nonprofit Explorer to help you look into that:
Nonprofit Explorer Adds Powerful Tools to Help You Research Organizations’ Financials
ProPublica has added the ability to find nonprofit organizations that auditors have flagged as having serious financial or control deficiencies. We also added the ability to search for organizations t...
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
During the year’s busiest season of charitable giving, donors may wonder whether the nonprofits they are considering donating to are going to be good stewards of their money.
Last year, we added tools to Nonprofit Explorer to help you look into that:
Last year, we added tools to Nonprofit Explorer to help you look into that:
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Next, they’ll take away benefits for PTSD.
December 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Next, they’ll take away benefits for PTSD.
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Don't forget the other great messaging from these asses:
"These technologies will probably literally destroy humanity and/or the biosphere and we must advance them as rapidly as possible."
"These technologies will probably literally destroy humanity and/or the biosphere and we must advance them as rapidly as possible."
December 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Don't forget the other great messaging from these asses:
"These technologies will probably literally destroy humanity and/or the biosphere and we must advance them as rapidly as possible."
"These technologies will probably literally destroy humanity and/or the biosphere and we must advance them as rapidly as possible."
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"Decker said they’re now seeing cases where ICE agents violate constitutional protections on a daily basis. She and other immigration attorneys advise clients about the rights they should have but warn about the areas where ICE agents have been violating them."
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
"Decker said they’re now seeing cases where ICE agents violate constitutional protections on a daily basis. She and other immigration attorneys advise clients about the rights they should have but warn about the areas where ICE agents have been violating them."
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The Trump admin gave states an ultimatum: Cooperate with the immigration crackdown, or lose your federal funding.
Oregon and 19 other states fought back — and won.
Then officials logged in to the grant website to accept the money, only to find the button to do so was disabled: propub.li/4a4Bsk5
Oregon and 19 other states fought back — and won.
Then officials logged in to the grant website to accept the money, only to find the button to do so was disabled: propub.li/4a4Bsk5
December 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The Trump admin gave states an ultimatum: Cooperate with the immigration crackdown, or lose your federal funding.
Oregon and 19 other states fought back — and won.
Then officials logged in to the grant website to accept the money, only to find the button to do so was disabled: propub.li/4a4Bsk5
Oregon and 19 other states fought back — and won.
Then officials logged in to the grant website to accept the money, only to find the button to do so was disabled: propub.li/4a4Bsk5
This is how it’s done.
December 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This is how it’s done.
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NEW: The recent government shutdown, with families skipping meals and babies unfed, could have been a preview of what’s to come when Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill shifts billions in costs for the SNAP program to states that may not be able to afford them.
How State Tax Cuts Could Lead to a SNAP Crisis
President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act will shift billions in costs for SNAP and Medicaid to states. But with 26 having cut or eliminated state income taxes just since 2021, they may not have the money to continue the programs.
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The recent government shutdown, with families skipping meals and babies unfed, could have been a preview of what’s to come when Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill shifts billions in costs for the SNAP program to states that may not be able to afford them.
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Just your daily reminder that Trump and the GOP censoring climate science and erasing government websites that say, correctly, that humans are causing #climate change doesn't change reality. And human-caused #climatechange is a reality.
www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
EPA erases references to human-caused climate change from websites
The agency revamped its webpages to feature natural causes of rising temperatures such as the Earth’s orbit.
www.eenews.net
December 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Just your daily reminder that Trump and the GOP censoring climate science and erasing government websites that say, correctly, that humans are causing #climate change doesn't change reality. And human-caused #climatechange is a reality.
www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
www.eenews.net/articles/epa...
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Important detail on Paramount's hostile takeover bid to buy WBD:
Paramount's financing partners include Jared Kushner's private equity firm, plus Saudi Arabia's, Qatar's and Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth funds.
Kushner's involvement was NOT publicized by Paramount.
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/p...
Paramount's financing partners include Jared Kushner's private equity firm, plus Saudi Arabia's, Qatar's and Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth funds.
Kushner's involvement was NOT publicized by Paramount.
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/p...
Paramount launches hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros.
The move comes days after Paramount was bested by Netflix in a competitive bidding process to buy Warner Bros.
www.axios.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Important detail on Paramount's hostile takeover bid to buy WBD:
Paramount's financing partners include Jared Kushner's private equity firm, plus Saudi Arabia's, Qatar's and Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth funds.
Kushner's involvement was NOT publicized by Paramount.
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/p...
Paramount's financing partners include Jared Kushner's private equity firm, plus Saudi Arabia's, Qatar's and Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth funds.
Kushner's involvement was NOT publicized by Paramount.
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/p...
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It's official: Rep. Jasmine Crockett has announced she's running for U.S. Senate in Texas.
December 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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Trump just attacked a woman reporter for the sixth time in the span of a month.
December 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Trump just attacked a woman reporter for the sixth time in the span of a month.
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But what if the goal is to destroy American supremacy in science and medicine, and to eviscerate the nation’s capacity to improve the lives of its people? Who will speak for that position?
Oh.
Oh.
Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):
December 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
But what if the goal is to destroy American supremacy in science and medicine, and to eviscerate the nation’s capacity to improve the lives of its people? Who will speak for that position?
Oh.
Oh.
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That is the SCOTUS majority’s intent: to destroy American supremacy in science and technology and to usher in a new dark age. It’s not ambiguous.
Jackson on Congress' theory of indy agencies: "Having a president come in and fire all the scientists and the doctors and the economists and the PhDs and replacing them with loyalists and people who don't know anything is actually not in the best interest of the citizens of the United States"
December 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
That is the SCOTUS majority’s intent: to destroy American supremacy in science and technology and to usher in a new dark age. It’s not ambiguous.
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Congressional investigations are likely the ONLY accountability this administration will face. Bondi won't arrest anyone. US officials can't be tried at the Hague. And even if we get a new AG in 2029, Trump is going to pardon everyone. These midterms are crucial for accountability.
December 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Congressional investigations are likely the ONLY accountability this administration will face. Bondi won't arrest anyone. US officials can't be tried at the Hague. And even if we get a new AG in 2029, Trump is going to pardon everyone. These midterms are crucial for accountability.
Every accusation is a confession.
Trump's own mortgages match his description of mortgage fraud, records reveal:
The Trump admin has argued Fed governor Lisa Cook may have committed fraud by declaring more than one primary residence. ProPublica found Trump once did that very thing he called "deceitful and potentially criminal."
The Trump admin has argued Fed governor Lisa Cook may have committed fraud by declaring more than one primary residence. ProPublica found Trump once did that very thing he called "deceitful and potentially criminal."
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Every accusation is a confession.
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Putting Dr Høeg in charge "is like dropping an atom bomb," an agency source said.
"Multiple top-level officials are preparing resignations."
"It's an extinction level event. She's has never supervised a drug review, never has conducted a clinical trial. She doesn't understand laws ®ulations."
"Multiple top-level officials are preparing resignations."
"It's an extinction level event. She's has never supervised a drug review, never has conducted a clinical trial. She doesn't understand laws ®ulations."
Even ignoring Dr. Høeg's antivaccine views and obvious bias, she has no qualifications for the job. She does not know regulations, she does not know drug approvals, and she has no expertise in any relevant scientific area.
No wonder people are resigning.
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-tra...
No wonder people are resigning.
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-tra...
Appointment of controversial FDA official rocking agency like "an atom bomb," scientists there say
The Trump administration's elevation of Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg to lead a high-profile office within the Food and Drug Administration is raising alarm among multiple senior FDA officials.
www.cbsnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Putting Dr Høeg in charge "is like dropping an atom bomb," an agency source said.
"Multiple top-level officials are preparing resignations."
"It's an extinction level event. She's has never supervised a drug review, never has conducted a clinical trial. She doesn't understand laws ®ulations."
"Multiple top-level officials are preparing resignations."
"It's an extinction level event. She's has never supervised a drug review, never has conducted a clinical trial. She doesn't understand laws ®ulations."
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This is not original and I can't remember who said it (on this platform), but it resonated: Being contrary just to be contrarian (ie, "insipid contrarianism") doesn't make you an independent thinker, it makes you a teenager
December 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This is not original and I can't remember who said it (on this platform), but it resonated: Being contrary just to be contrarian (ie, "insipid contrarianism") doesn't make you an independent thinker, it makes you a teenager
These really are amazing. Thanks, @tmigratorius.bsky.social. And to everyone else, you’re welcome.
December 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
These really are amazing. Thanks, @tmigratorius.bsky.social. And to everyone else, you’re welcome.
Bottom line: Covid vaccines help.
Getting boosters helps.
Covid vaccines targeting more than one mutation help more.
Immunity is better if you get the vaccine before getting an infection, rather than the other way around.
“Letting it rip“ is a bad strategy.
Getting boosters helps.
Covid vaccines targeting more than one mutation help more.
Immunity is better if you get the vaccine before getting an infection, rather than the other way around.
“Letting it rip“ is a bad strategy.
December 7, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Bottom line: Covid vaccines help.
Getting boosters helps.
Covid vaccines targeting more than one mutation help more.
Immunity is better if you get the vaccine before getting an infection, rather than the other way around.
“Letting it rip“ is a bad strategy.
Getting boosters helps.
Covid vaccines targeting more than one mutation help more.
Immunity is better if you get the vaccine before getting an infection, rather than the other way around.
“Letting it rip“ is a bad strategy.
December in my garden.
I 💚 Cascadia.
I 💚 Cascadia.
December 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
December in my garden.
I 💚 Cascadia.
I 💚 Cascadia.
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Man that is NOT gonna turn out for you the way you think
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Man that is NOT gonna turn out for you the way you think
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This is the hammer hitting the nail squarely on its head.
Jamelle Bouie posits that "constitutional originalist" just means "we don't think the reconstruction amendments are a real part of the constitution"
And the evidence just keeps piling up for that, doesn't it
And the evidence just keeps piling up for that, doesn't it
December 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This is the hammer hitting the nail squarely on its head.
Houston*, we have a problem.
*also, everywhere else
*also, everywhere else
*More than half of the GOP believe the 2020 election outcome was the result of fraud
*More than 4 out of 10 believe 9/11 was an inside job
*37% believe the Holocaust did not happen or was exaggerate
*36% believe NASA faked the moon landing
*1 in 3 believe vaccines cause autism
*More than 4 out of 10 believe 9/11 was an inside job
*37% believe the Holocaust did not happen or was exaggerate
*36% believe NASA faked the moon landing
*1 in 3 believe vaccines cause autism
December 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Houston*, we have a problem.
*also, everywhere else
*also, everywhere else